LifePort Liver Transporter wins innovation award

ITASCA - Organ Recovery Systems said Tuesday its LifePort Liver Transporter was selected as the winner in the Health category in Fast Company's Innovation by Design Awards for 2023.

The Innovation by Design Awards, which can be found in the September 2023 issue of Fast Company, honor the designers and businesses solving the most crucial problems of today and anticipating the pressing issues of tomorrow. The competition, now in its 12th year, features a range of blue-chip multinational companies, emerging startups and promising young talents.

LifePort Liver Transporter is a proprietary medical device designed to optimize the quality of donated livers for clinical transplantation via precision-controlled hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP). HMP mimics the body's blood flow by gently pumping an oxygenated, nutrient-rich preservation solution in a hypothermic environment to keep a donated organ as healthy as possible for a waiting transplant recipient.

Itasca-based ORS has been serving the field of transplantation for 25 years, said CEO David Kravitz.

"As this award honors the contributions of each ORS team member, clinical adviser and industrial partner who supported this project, we honor and spotlight our heroes - the donor families and all who serve on the front lines of organ procurement and transplantation for their resolve and commitment to life," Kravitz said.